UPDATE 03/18/19 Follow the updated instructions here.

UPDATE 04/13/18 It seems like the SCS instructions for Linux in NSH and Smith have been updated. It is probably better to follow those directly. I have confirmed that those instructions work for Ubuntu 16.04. More options seem to be available if you use the Konica Minolta drivers (as described below), but it does print with the "Generic" make and model.

This page has been modeled after the instructions kindly provided by Manas A. Pathak. That procedure stopped working after the conversion to the Pharos system.

Setting up SCS printers on Linux

This works with Fedora 26 -- as of October 2017 -- for the printer in Smith Hall. Out-of-the-box printing with Ubuntu, after installation of the Service Configuration Add-Ons, did not work for me. However, a fix might be as simple as modifying the lpd URI to include a username.
  1. Open the CUPS administration webpage http://127.0.0.1:631/admin/ in your web browser. Log in with your local credentials (i.e., the username and password you use to log in to your computer).

  2. Click on "Add Printer".

  3. On the next page select the device as "LPD/LPR Host or Printer" and click on continue.

  4. On the next page enter the device URI as lpd://awhitfor@lpd.srv.cs.cmu.edu/public (replacing "awhitfor" with your SCS username)

  5. After continuing, enter the name and any other information that you would like to use to describe the printer on your local computer.

  6. Select the "Generic" make. Click "Continue". Select "Generic PostScript Printer Foomatic/Postscript (en)" as the model.

  7. Click "Add Printer". On the next page, click "Query Printer for Default Options".

  8. The printer is now added. Click on the printers tab at the top of the page to view the installed printers. You can select a default printer. Click on "Print Test Page" for testing.

  9. In most GUI applications, you can print from File->Print.

Smith Hall details

The Konica Minolta c368 printer in Smith 235 will work with the generic drivers, as described above, but some of the functionality might be missing. The printer was tested with the vendor's drivers (KONICA MINOLTA C658SeriesPS(P) (color)) as follows:
  1. Download and decompress the appropriate drivers.
  2. Rather than choosing "Generic" make and model, in the above procedure, instead select the downloaded PPD file (e.g., KOC658UX.ppd).
Andrew S. Whitford
Manas A. Pathak